Mick Aston’s Young Archaeologists meet in the morning on the first Saturday of each month, usually at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. The sessions run for approximately 2 hours. Each month we explore the past in exciting new ways including…

Ancient artefacts: How do archaeologists identify finds like pottery and ancient tools and weapons?
Experimental archaeology: Learn about ancient crafts and try your hand at making your own prehistoric artefacts.
Old bones: How can you tell a sheep bone from a cow bone? What can old bones tell you about how people used to live?

Sometimes we also run whole-day events in all sorts of different locations, e.g. visiting and investigating archaeological sites and historic places, trying out traditional crafts and taking part in excavations. Below is a list of our future events:

2026:
3rd January – Prehistoric cave art
7th February – Visit to Taunton Stopline
7th March – The Cheddar Brooch
25th April –  Our 10th Anniversary!
6th June – Brean Down with National Trust

Past events 2025:

25th January – Rescheduled Christmas Session
1st February – Artificial Intelligence and Archaeology
1st March – The Taunton Stop Line
5th April – Visit to the Somerset Heritage Centre with a guided walk around Norton Fitzwarren Church and Hillfort
3rd May – Excavation on Norton Fitzwarren Hillfort
7th June – Visit to Cleeve Abbey
5th July – Visit to Avalon Archaeology Park
6th September – Visit to Newt Roman Villa
4th October – Fyne Court – Event cancelled due to adverse weather
1st November – Museum of Somerset
6th December – Christmas Party

Click here to see our past events in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,  2023, and 2024!